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Sounds like a nice tour and you'd get to see some interesting locations like Walt's apartment and Club 33 Lobby.
Glad you got everything worked out at Target. I hate when you get home from the store and find that they overcharged you for something. What I have been experiencing a lot lately is not all of my bags making it home with me from the store. Just the other day I was checking out at Walmart and I asked the cashier (as I always do) if I had all my bags. I saw her look at the bag carousel and she told me yes, I had all my bags. Of course, I get home and realize one of the bags wasn't there. This has happened several times. I am now committed to checking the bag carousel myself and not relying on the cashier to make sure I have all my bags. It just really irks me that I paid money for things that end up remaining at the store because the cashier never gave me the bag. Okay, rant over
I forgot a bag once at Target, but that had it at customer service when I returned. Of course, I still had to go back to get it. It just seems that good policy is making sure your customers leave satisfied, which would include having everything you purchased.
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So the waiting game continues... I think when you finally do get those booked, not only will your scream be heard, but there will be cheers let out from PassPorters around the world, like when you do the wave in a stadium.
And you had problems with a Disney website? How unusual. Yeah, I couldn't even type that with a straight face!
I took the Walk in Walt's Footsteps tour many years ago and loved it! If you can fit it in, I definitely recommend it. I know it's changed some since I took it, but for the better, in my opinion.
I'm still working on Luke for the tour, but he does seem to like the idea. The guy writing about the tour on Touring Plans mentioned that he had always like this tour, but that it had become even better.
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I'm so sad that the hours/dining are still not posted....it's just crazy! But I have no doubt that I'll hear your screams loud & clear from DC!
We'll definitely have a dance or two here to celebrate when I get those ADRs.
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I have read wonderful things about that tour! Good luck deciding! I love reading your planning details!
I really think it would be a fun and well-spent 3 1/2 hours.
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I am so glad to hear that if your receipt is not right you go back to the store to have it corrected. I check my receipt before leaving the parking lot now. That Tour sound totally interesting, hope it works out for you.
I'll be checking mine in the parking lot now, too.
I have a daily ritual now. Head to my laptop and check on dining package ADRs. No problems with the website today, but still no happy dancing or screams. We’ve had a pretty busy day with some yardwork after our 4-mile walk. I’m loving our fall-like weather as I’m not so sweaty when we get home. We have a weeping willow that is around 12 years old and is quite large that provides shade for our front porch and the front bedrooms. But we don’t like it dragging the ground as that blocks the view of and from our house. Stefanie used to alert Luke to when the tree needed in her words a haircut. When we walked under the tree today, Luke mentioned that we’d need to trim it when we got back home. So while Luke uses the shrubber to cut it, I use the leaf rake to make piles. Then we work together to bag up all the trimmings. Today was a pleasant day for this kind of task. Afterwards, I had a bit of housework, and then spend an hour and half working on our May 2015 scrapbook. All that is to say I didn’t end up having enough time to complete the Disneyland task I had set for myself today – making a list of potential counter service places for our breakfast and/or lunches each day. I’ve made a start, but I’m not finished by any means. Hopefully, I’ll get that completed tomorrow for my update. While I was looking over the CS restaurants on Touring Plans, I discovered they had forums like we do at PassPorter. These are nowhere as user friendly as PP, but I did find a thread about the making of WoC and Fantasmic dining packages there. The OP sounded like me and was asking for advice. A couple of folks told him to call. He posted later that he had called and was told later this week. I rolled my eyes as I had gotten the same response a whole week earlier. I’m sure it will finally be by the end of some week.
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Great jobs on all those miles you guys have walked! That tour sounds really neat. I keep waiting for you to post that you got your ADR for Club 33. Since you are looking at CS places now, I highly recommend Paradise Garden Grill. I think today is the day for success on those last ADR's.
Please send some of the weather our way. I love doing yard work but the humidity is so bad her in the south, yard work is out of the question. I know your dilemma, I am still checking every day to see if there might be an opening for H&V but nothing. This is the first year for the new Minnie Christmas package there, but it looks like this year will not be good for us unless a cancellation comes up while we are there. So I'm sending good luck your way
AARRRGGHHH for the lack of dining packages!!! I know what you mean about the cooler weather. It has been quite pleasant here as well for a few days. I'm flying to Omaha to see DD on Monday and really looking forward to the temps there next week.
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Great jobs on all those miles you guys have walked! That tour sounds really neat. I keep waiting for you to post that you got your ADR for Club 33. Since you are looking at CS places now, I highly recommend Paradise Garden Grill. I think today is the day for success on those last ADR's.
Unfortunately, today was not the day.
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Please send some of the weather our way. I love doing yard work but the humidity is so bad her in the south, yard work is out of the question. I know your dilemma, I am still checking every day to see if there might be an opening for H&V but nothing. This is the first year for the new Minnie Christmas package there, but it looks like this year will not be good for us unless a cancellation comes up while we are there. So I'm sending good luck your way
We've had a really humid summer here, too, with heat indexes over a 100 for weeks, so this weather has been a pleasant break, and we're using it to catch up. Sorry none of the milder weather has come your way.
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AARRRGGHHH for the lack of dining packages!!! I know what you mean about the cooler weather. It has been quite pleasant here as well for a few days. I'm flying to Omaha to see DD on Monday and really looking forward to the temps there next week.
You will be having some nice temps. Ours are supposed to hang around through next week, so that makes me happy.
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That tour sounds really neat. I keep waiting for you to post that you got your ADR for Club 33. 
Waiting for our next adventure after enjoying our Alaska cruise. 
Jenn
Unfortunately, today was not the day. 
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